Bleeding problems and progestogen-only contraception

Bleeding problems and progestogen-only contraception.

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Progestogen-only emergency contraception.

Madam We read with great interest the editorial on progestogen-only emergency contraception (POEC).1 The author refers incorrectly to a July 2002 article as the first case report of ectopic pregnancy following failed postcoital POEC. In late 2000 we undertook a post-marketing surveillance study of POEC prescription in France in order to investigate the efficacy and safety of this method in ‘rea...

Progestogen-only emergency contraception and ectopic pregnancy.

Progestogen-only pills and bleeding disturbances.

The progestogen-only pill (POP), minipill, is quite an effective second line contraceptive. Despite this, it is used relatively infrequently except during lactation. The main reason for this is that women on POP often have abnormal bleeding patterns, with an increased frequency of bleeding, lengthened cycles, breakthrough bleeding, spotting and prolonged bleeding. These menstrual disturbances a...

Training and supporting pharmacists to supply progestogen-only emergency contraception.

OBJECTIVE To describe and evaluate the training and support provided to the first cohort of community pharmacists to supply progestogen-only emergency contraception (POEC) under a Patient Group Direction (PGD) in Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham, London. DESIGN The study comprised (a) a systematic analysis of written and oral data from pharmacists before and during training, and at 5 and 13-14...